Spinning My Webb

There was a movie that I watched a long time ago that reminded me a lot of the setting of Our Town. Its called Dogville, and it has Nicole Kidman as the main character. It takes place in the 1930s so its not exactly the same time frame or location (it takes place in town in the Rocky Mountains) But it deals a lot with the simplicity of life, but even in that simplicity complication is bound to happen and change the world dramatically.

The main thing that is similar about the movie Dogville and Our Town is the barren set. Only some set pieces are used to convey the scene. In the movie there are some doors and other props but an entire town is layed out in a black box setting. White borders lines define the edges of rooms and homes. Written in white are objects that are imagined to be there; there would be a white box with “Gooseberry bushes” written to represent Gooseberry bushes. It was a very visually interesting and a challenging set for the actors to work with.

Dogville is a very interesting film, and i encourage you to watch it. its slow at times, but isn’t life slow sometimes aswell…?